Improvement in hubs for vehicle-wheels



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. PAYNE, OF ADAMS, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HUBS FOR VEHICLE-WHEELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,974, dated January19, 1875; application filed J annary 2, 1875.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. PAYNE, of Adams, in the county of Jeffersonand State of New York, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inHub Boxes and Bands; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.-

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a longitudinal section ofmy hub box and band. My invention has relation to hubs for wheels; andit consists in constructing the hub-box and the inside band in onepiece, and confining the same in place by means of spurs on said band,and a screw-cap on the outer end of the box, as will be fully understoodfrom the following description. My objects are to prevent a hub fromsplitting, and also to prevent the hub-box from becoming loose.

In the annexed drawings, A designates the wooden portion of my improvedhub, the ends of which are beveled, as shown in Fig. 1. B designates thehub-box, on the inner end of which a band, B, is formed, which band hasformed on it an annular flange, a, the side of g which is beveled, so asto hug the inner beveled portion of the hub A. Between the beveledflangea and the box B spurs b are formed on the web of the band B, whichspurs enter the inner end of the hub A, when the band and box are drawnhome, and prevent these parts from becoming loose. G designates a bandor cap, which is constructed with a beveled flange, 0, adapted to fitsnugly on the outer beveled end of the hub A. This band C isscrew-threaded, and serves as a means for tightly drawing the hub-boxand the band B in their places, and holding them there.

Edesignates an axle-skein, which is received into the box B, andprovided with a nut, D, on its outer end; also with a flange, g, whichis received into an annular recess made in the band B, as shown in Fig.1.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The band B, formed on the box B, and having a beveled flange, a, andspurs b, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the cap-band G, having beveled flange c, with theband B and hub-box B, the band having beveled flange a, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY A. PAYNE.

Witnesses:

FRIEND LEWIS, OHAs. E. CLERK.

